Republicans ‘shameful’ for blocking Ukraine aid, says Australia’s Tony Abbott – POLITICO
Senate Republicans this week blocked a $118 billion package which would have sent foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while also allocating more money…
Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal…
Opinion: A Republican senator got the border deal the GOP wanted. Watch while his party betrays him
How did we get to this place where so many legislators don’t legislate, where lawmakers won’t make law? Why come to Washington if not to…
Border security, Ukraine aid deal collapses despite Biden pleas
WASHINGTON — A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Biden…
House Speaker Johnson should be shamed by a Ukrainian’s example
I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war…
Republicans call to remove NYC’s Sanctuary City laws after an assault on cops
“We need to have the back of our police officers, we need to keep our city safe, and we need to deport individuals who are…
California Sen. Padilla splits with Biden on immigration deal
WASHINGTON — California Sen. Alex Padilla said the bipartisan $118-billion border and foreign aid bill supported by President Biden “misses the mark.” “It is critical that…
Why are Nevada Republicans voting twice this week?
Republicans in Nevada, unlike in most other states, get to vote twice in the presidential nominating process — in a primary and in caucuses. Here’s…
Senators reach deal on border policy bill. It faces uphill fight
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way…
This number explains why the Biden-Trump rematch is so tight
With inflation in check, Americans' confidence in the economy has slowly started to improve. Biden's reelection may depend on that. But Americans look back fondly…
Opinion: The border crisis isn’t Mayorkas’ fault. House Republicans should impeach themselves
If governing amid the chaos of migrants crossing the southern border is an impeachable offense (it’s not), then it’s members of Congress, mostly Republicans, who…
House Republicans take key vote toward impeaching Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — House Republicans were ready to take a key vote Tuesday toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas over what they call his “willful…
Opinion: Biden’s got a good-news deficit. What will turn it around?
If President Biden’s reelection hinged on the state of the economy, he’d be a good bet, or at least a better one. Instead, it’s voters’…
House Republicans unveil Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment articles
The impeachment resolution is the culmination of a monthslong investigation into Mayorkas that at times last year appeared to have stalled as Republicans shifted their…
‘Disappointed’ and ‘let down,’ disaffected Trump voters voice their dismay
Reporting from Washington — With each crisis of the young Trump administration, reporters and pollsters have documented the steady support he continues to get from…
Opinion: Why 2024 may not be the worst political year ever
The 2028 presidential campaign can’t come soon enough. Just think: Fresh faces, furrowed by fewer lines. Fresh ideas, not of the authoritarian, willfully divisive kind…
In New Hampshire, Republicans campaign on security at the border — with Canada
COLEBROOK, N.H. — Across the border from Hereford, Canada, past the American flag-studded welcome sign to Canaan, Vt., and down Route 114 is the Beecher Falls…
Opinion: Why do Arizona Republicans dress up like cowboys?
When Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater contemplated a run for president in the 1964 election, he introduced himself to a national audience by releasing a photo…
America needs an immigration debate — just not this one
WASHINGTON — Immigration will figure prominently in the 2024 presidential campaign, continuing its run as one of the nation’s longest-running and most divisive issues. Republicans plan…
Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.…